And that will entitle my predecessors and will entitle the Chancellor and those who have worked with him, it seems to me, to a very important page in the history of our times.
John Kennedy
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Massachusetts and is often remembered for his leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps, promoting international service and cooperation, and he advocated for civil rights, laying the groundwork for future legislation in this area.
I want to express our warm congratulations to the Federal Republic, to the people of the Federal Republic, for the effort that they are now undertaking.
Our troops are in Western Europe because it meets a very vital need of the United States.
Western Europe and the United States really are islands of prosperity in a sea of poverty.
I think the management, the successful management, of our monetary policies and our trade policy is essential.
Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.
Well, what we mean is that we cannot accept with equanimity, nor do we propose to, the Communist takeover of countries which are now free.
But the Chancellor in his time, meeting his responsibility, made the right judgment and, therefore, he is an historic figure and one to whom all of us who believe so strongly in the cause of freedom feel privileged to come and pay him our…
I think we have consistently attached the greatest importance to the maintenance of a free Europe since 1945.





